2022-09-14T08:55:48-07:00 2021-12-31 270697597 Handle It Inc 1400 Hoyt Ln Jackson WY 83001 990 2021-01-01 830295637 JACKSON WILD JACK 3072003286 PO Box 3940 JACKSON WY 83001 Lisa Samford Executive Director 2022-09-14 true Lisa Samford 999009999 Patrick Otang P01930276 8332027676 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Lisa Samford 802222 false X N/A X 1991 WY Jackson Wild is a catalyst for inspiring deeper connections to the natural world. Through our global community of passionate storytellers and change agents, Jackson Wild elevates diverse stories that illuminate our collective responsibility to the wild. Through innovative and collaborative community gatherings, skill-building initiatives and mentorship programs, Jackson Wild creates an inclusive forum for diverse storytellers to more deeply illuminate connections to the natural world and our collective responsibility to sustainably restore and protect our planet in the face of the global climate crisis. 32 0 0 0 512033 273427 359811 341105 44 38 187652 871888 802222 0 0 435587 481042 0 0 329431 357013 765018 838055 106870 -35833 581142 417178 347181 168558 233961 248620 Jackson Wild is a catalyst for inspiring deeper connections to the natural world. Through our global community of passionate storytellers and change agents, Jackson Wild elevates diverse stories that illuminate our collective responsibility to the wild. Through innovative and collaborative community gatherings, skill-building initiatives and mentorship programs, Jackson Wild creates an inclusive forum for diverse storytellers to more deeply illuminate connections to the natural world and our collective responsibility to sustainably restore and protect our planet in the face of the global climate crisis. false false 198351 341105 Jackson Wild Summit & Media Awards: The annual Jackson Wild? Summit brings together an uncommon community, bound by a shared sense of purpose: we believe in the transformative power of story to inspire awe at the wonders of our natural world and ignite critical changes required to restore and protect our planet?s ecosystems and species through high-impact global collaborations. Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, the 2021 Summit was presented as a hybrid event. 150 Award winners, Speakers, Board members/Sponsors and Fellows were invited to a private in-person Summit with Live from the Stage sessions streamed interactive event for 800+ international delegates. A dramatically expanded Fellows program provided financial support and mentorship for filmmakers to accelerate diversity within our industry community with regard to race, gender, culture, socioeconomics, geography, and domain knowledge. These 30+ in-personFellowships provided professional development and mentorship opportunities for emerging science and nature media leaders in unique programs that directly connected them with the most influential content creators from around the globe. Action Coalitions tasked with brainstorming solutions-based strategies to challenges facing our industry convened in the weeks prior to the Summit, presenting results in town hall discussions during the conference programming. The Jackson Wild Summit convenes nature, science and conservation media industry professionals motivated by deep reverence and urgent concern for the natural world, with a shared belief that through collaboration and commitment, purpose-driven media can accelerate the critical and collective challenges humanity is facing in the coming decades. Participants gather to challenge and inspire each other while nurturing the next generation of storytellers training and mentorship programs, professional development and networking and project pitching opportunities. The four-day conference culminated in the announcement of the winners of the annual Jackson Wild Media Awards recognizing 30 films from over 600 entered into annual competition. New Frontiers/New Perspectives - Media Labs, Masterclasses, Mentorships and Networking programs: The Jackson Wild Media Lab is an immersive, cross-disciplinary science film making workshop that brings scientists and media creators together to learn from leaders in the profession and work together to develop effective tools to communicate about science, nature and conservation with diverse audiences across the world?s evolving media platforms. Sixteen Fellows were selected from 220 global applicants to participate in this rigorous workshop one week prior to the annual Summit, with projects presented live to international commissioners and streamed audiences. African Conservation Voices Media Labs (in both Rwanda and Kenya) were launched, engaging 40 early career filmmakers with 30+ mentors/instructors for several months of online trainings to develop six media projects to be filmed in 2022 and premiered at the 2022 Summit. The JW Mentorship program paired 70+ mentees with skilled topic-specific mentors each quarter, creating one-on-one and group networking opportunities during online meetups. All Frontiers programming and trainings are offered free of charge. All Jackson Wild trainings are offered free-of charge. Jackson Wild Collective--online community forum and data base, resources, and opportunities Forum Beta-tested and Launched, with more than 500 members by December, 2022. Free Masterclasses and workshops targeting specific skills and topics were created throughout the year (editing, writing and contracts) and four online screening/networking events presented (all free of charge) Jackson WILD on Tour & WWD Film Showcase: Recovering Species, and on-demand year-round sessions/screenings and partner events For two months, finalists and featured films presented during the annual Jackson Wild Summit were available for on demand screenings for delegates. WILD on Tour aims to share the best wildlife, nature & science films from its film competitions to a global audience in free, educational screenings around the world. In partnership with the United Nations, US State Department, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with free educational screenings available to embassies, universities, schools, libraries, NGOs and other partner film festivals In addition, JHWFF partnered with UN/CITIES and UNDP to create the UN World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Recovering Species. In a world confronting unprecedented environmental threats, is essential to empower locally-driven engagement that inspires action, with measurable impact. The World Wildlife Day Film Showcase is part of worldwide public engagement efforts to empower action and inspire a sense of personal responsibility/stewardship for wild species conservation and in creating an equitable and sustainable future. Winners were announced at a high-level live-streamed event celebrating World Wildlife Day, on Wednessday, March 3. Partner Showcase Events were presented at the Wild Santiago Film Festival in August and the Nature and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Congress in October, both presented virtually due to COVID travel restrictions. 198351 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 32 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false HANDLE IT INC 6194467467 1400 HOYT LN JACKSON WY 83001 X Lisa Samford Executive Director 40.00 0.00 159828 0 0 Beth Foster Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hlne Ganichaud Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jonny Keeling Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carlyn Staudt Alison Barat Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Fougea Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jamie Cross Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Howard Swartz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joern Roever Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Bredar Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Carr Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jared Lipworth Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Donna Gadomski Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Danielle Kessler Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Janet Han Vissering Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kaitlin Yarnall Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Kaufman Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Pragna Parotam-Kok Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sara Edelson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ellen Windemuth Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tom Matzek Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Gardner Chairman 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jaqueline Farmer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Baribault Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Caroline Smith Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Pamela Aguilar Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tanya Lyon Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Parrish Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Walter Koehler Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Rosenfeld Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jos Mara Morales Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris O'Leary Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 159828 1 false true false 0 273427 273427 NSF 2020 611430 Outreach Initiatives 611430 8500 8500 Summit 2021 611430 327105 327105 UN Projects 611430 5500 5500 341105 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Additional Awards 500 500 Other Income - PPP Loan 187278 187278 PayPal Sales 900099 194 194 -320 -320 187652 802222 528795 X 0 0 0 0 159828 159828 0 284768 284768 0 0 36446 36446 0 0 19585 19585 0 0 0 0 10456 4450 6006 6855 6855 21800 21800 0 18840 1807 17033 443 443 0 0 0 0 0 73226 73226 Delegate / Staff Swag 27423 27423 Event COVID testing 22925 22925 Outside Contractors 20883 16303 4580 Hotel-Guests 20332 20332 114245 104668 9577 838055 198351 639704 0 444394 253120 0 0 77623 104933 0 0 0 0 0 95967 70343 25624 25624 0 0 0 0 33501 33501 581142 417178 76459 9460 270722 159098 347181 168558 X 5000 5000 228961 243620 233961 248620 581142 417178 -35833 50492 X X false false false X 675111 587903 1059490 500523 273427 3096454 116310 184815 522466 359811 341105 1524507 0 0 0 791421 772718 1581956 860334 614532 4620961 0 0 4620961 0 0 0 0 791421 772718 1581956 860334 614532 4620961 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 95967 70343 25624 25624 Rounding 1 Undeposited funds 33500 33501 EIDL Loan Payable 157900 Payroll Liabilities 1198 159098 false false false false false false false false false Lisa Samford Executive Director 159828 159828 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process No review was or will be conducted. 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